Blanshard recalled a “friendly rivalry” between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone whenever they were in Cannes for publicity.
“Arnold and Sly adored Cannes and Cannes adored them, but they seemed to play a constant game of trying to upstage one another,” he said.
“At the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, all the famous directors they worked with – and some who they wanted to work with – were there: James Cameron, Adrian Lyne, Alan Parker, George P. Cosmatos and Alan Marshall.
“We persuaded Arnold and Sly to dance together in front of them.
“Shortly afterwards, Sly decided he wanted to go to the Carlton Hotel, so we jumped in a limo and drove off.
“At the hotel, Sly got out and within seconds was surrounded by hundreds of screaming people.
“Panicked, he jumped onto the roof of the limo and was eventually smuggled out via the hotel kitchen.”